Red Hat began Promotion of the “Workstation as a Service” product, which allows organizing remote work with the environment based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux For Workstations distribution, performed in the AWS cloud (Amazon Web Services). A few weeks ago, Canonical was presented similar Opportun for Ubuntu Desktop in the AWS cloud. The organization of the work of employees with any devices and the implementation on old resource-eating tasks that require large GPU and CPU resources, for example, 3D rediren or complex visualization of data without buying new equipment, is mentioned as areas of application.
For remote access to the desktop in AWS, a regular Web browser or stationary client applications for Windows, Linux and MacOS using the protocol Nice dcv . The work is organized through the broadcast of the contents of the screen to the user system, all calculations are performed on the server side, including access to GPU nvidia tesla for surgery with 3D graphics. Supporting the broadcast with a resolution of up to 4K, the use of up to 4 virtual monitors, simulation of the sensory screen, transmission of multi-channel sound, proceeding access to USB devices and smart cards, organization of work with local files.